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Not Convinced about New Powerbook
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1418280"><p>The optical was not even a noticeable loss for me and I suspect most users. There's this thing called thumb drives you should look into ... oh and this cloud thing ...</p><p></p><p>I think I've used the built-in optical on my MacBooks (covering the last five years) about three times. I have a FW external burner at home for the rare occasions I'm asked to duplicate a DVD I've made or something, and even that has dropped off to nil over the past four years.</p><p></p><p>As for people who decry the "lack of USB ports," um it has two -- same number it did before IIRC (perhaps one less, I can't recall). Both of them are USB 3 ports, meaning you now have (basically) unlimited numbers of USB 2 ports via a tiny hub. Get over it, to be blunt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1418280"] The optical was not even a noticeable loss for me and I suspect most users. There's this thing called thumb drives you should look into ... oh and this cloud thing ... I think I've used the built-in optical on my MacBooks (covering the last five years) about three times. I have a FW external burner at home for the rare occasions I'm asked to duplicate a DVD I've made or something, and even that has dropped off to nil over the past four years. As for people who decry the "lack of USB ports," um it has two -- same number it did before IIRC (perhaps one less, I can't recall). Both of them are USB 3 ports, meaning you now have (basically) unlimited numbers of USB 2 ports via a tiny hub. Get over it, to be blunt. [/QUOTE]
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